PPA Signed

Project Costing

Following the first round of design development, we sent the changes to the builder for further costing, and proceeded with the 2nd stage of design development. At this point, the builder started on the working drawings.

Design Development End

Once design development had finished, a site contour survey was done, and the working drawings were checked by our architect.

24-Apr – DD2 finished16-May – Site Contour Survey completed29-May – Working drawings received from Nulook5-Jun – Working drawings markup received from Solar Dwellings

Jun2014

Planning Submission

The working drawings were submitted to the council for planning approval, and the rest of our changes were costed.

20-Jun – Submission to Planning24-Jun – Feedback to Solar Dwellings30-Jun – (approx) Feedback to Nulook for pricing and new drawings23-Jul – Planning submission sent to council, then sent back29-Jul – Variations back from Nulook31-Jul – Plans sent back to council5-Aug – Meeting with Solar Dwellings

Aug2014

Demolition Permit

With all the planning done, we thought that building would soon start so we had to organise demolition of the old house.

Brickwork

Brickwork was also exciting, with changes happening every day and you really see the house take shape. After bricks, we also had another round of prestart, this time it was all about electricals and plumbing.